Dem Coronavirus auf der Spur - Wie ein Virus die Welt verändert

The current coronavirus outbreak is the latest chapter in the age-old battle between humans and germs. We have a good symbiotic relationship with many microbes, but not with all. The current coronavirus pandemic is dominating the headlines right around the world. At the beginning of the last century, as many as 50 million people died of the Spanish flu, an influenza virus. SARS, MERS and Ebola have not been eradicated, they have simply been brought under control. Viruses are unpredictable opponents, because they can mutate, especially when so-called zoonoses jump from animals to humans. And no-one knows when this will happen.